30
Oct
2021
Why Hakkinen retired from F1 – in his own words
Right now I feel pure joy, because it is over. I don’t want to be sad at this moment. It is fun for me. All the people and friends in Formula 1 that I know are not going to disappear anywhere and I am not going to leave the planet. So why be sad?
I felt relieved after announcing my decision at Monza to take a sabbatical. I was able to…